How do we live a greener life?
Well, collectively we should just be doing a lot more collectively. We will solve these problems much faster as “we” than as “me.” So, basically anything we can get people to do together I am in favor off, because the more we bring people together, the more they are going to find what they have in common and more they are going to find what we do about this problems. So, having more we, is the most important thing, we can do it.
Individually, I think the key thing is to understand or try to understand, but when I do something, it has the consequence and then, the consequence, try to understand that we are part of along connection of causation.
Now, the fact is you actually cannot do it. If got up tomorrow morning, what is the first thing you do when you leave your house in the morning? So, when you brush your teeth, a little thought exercise, try while you brushing your teeth to think about all of the consequences that flow from the act of brushing your teeth, where did the metal in the tube come from? Where did the plastic come from? How did this toothpaste get to be white? How was it brought to you? What happen to the workers who made it? Where did the water come from? How was it stored? How was it transported? Where is it going? The electrons that light your face so, you do not just like a mess of yourself, how did that happen? Try to think of all the chains of causation that you are part of you will not be able to do it.
If we could all twice a day, put ourselves through that exercise, I would think we would be less certain and therefore probably wiser. We would understand that we should trend more gently.
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